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CS AMINA MOHAMMED SHOULD INTERVENE ON MOI UNIVERSITY ROT

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Moi University should be included in 1000 ways of dying young in Kenya. The university has totally neglected the students in its main campus and has even gone a notch higher in its campuses which Odera Akango is one of them. The campus is in Gem sub-county in Siaya. The students idle around due to no lectures since beginning of semester. Last semester it was the same thing leading to students partaking only 3 exams at the end.is this acceptable really when students are in school in full time basis and moreover pay accommodation fees and school fees in totality? The freshers who joined campus late last year with high expectations are now uncertain about their future academic life. The freshers of Odera Akango campus are now in main campus having hired a bus and together with their belongings travelled to Eldoret in Monday morning after a month long stay in school without lectures or way forward from the university. The first year students in the School of Education claims last semester
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Farmers woes sign of inept leadership in North Rift

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Since January farmers in North Rift, famously referred to as bread basket of Kenya have endured tumultuous period of anguish as a result of tedious maize delivery, scuttling efforts by cartels, delayed payments in national cereals and produce board (NCPB), inadequate fertilizers and so forth. The crisis was not expected and even our leaders were as clueless as farmers. So who are the cartels? Who are these enemies of agricultural production that even our leaders who we hold with great regard have no idea about? It defeats logic that when we as farmers we are seeking for help from apparently our leader’s t themselves can’t get the root cause of our miseries. So who exactly should we turn to for solace? Agriculture is of great importance not only to the North Rift region but to our country at large. Maize and wheat production are only viable in handful of counties in Kenya: uasin Gishu, Nandi, Trans-Nzoia and Narok. Due to soil and weather factors other regions can’t practice meaningf
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Nandi Youthful senator Under fire for opposing audit

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The youthful senator Kiprotich Cherargei is a man under siege. A man who has pride himself as a change agent and a reformer having been largely voted to counter the rising cases of graft in Nandi County that greatly undermined development in the past 5 years. He calls himself “Mtetezi” for allegedly being a defender of his constituent’s rights. However, his recent utterances against the lifestyle audit hinted by President Uhuru Kenyatta to promote accountability have put him at odds with his Nandi County constituents. The senator has termed the audit as a witch-hunt and has viciously opposed the move. The residents expressed the outrage through Facebook in Facebook Group referred to as Rift Valley Caucus which mainly comprises North Rift residents. “Too bad for Nandi” a Facebook user Julius Chelule quipped. Others attribute his recent utterances to recklessness and carelessness with poor choice of words. “A leader should know when to shut or talk”. The senator’s comments caused nause
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AGs since Independence

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Since independence, Kenya has had six AGs: Charles Njonjo (1963-80),  James Karugu (1980-81);  Joseph Kamere (1981-83),  Mathew Guy Muli (1983-1991), Amos Wako (1991-2011) :  Githu Muigai(2011-2018) : Peter Kihara(2018-present
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Media blackout a clear sign autocracy is back

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For the last one week, the three leading media houses which commands approximately over 70% of the audience in Kenya have been shut the prime reason being airing illegal oath of NASA leader Raila Odinga who took an oath as people's president on 30th January The government are raising the issues of national security and the legality of the event. The impact that the live event could have had in the larger kenyan populace cannot be established but the government decry that airing it live could have threatened the stability and fan chaos.  Kenya editors guild had warned that the government had threatened to revoked their licenses if they had dared to air the illegal event. The government made good of their threat of shutting down the media houses and ignoring to comply to the court order compelling the government to restore their transmission.  The media which Is the mirror and an informer of the larger society when it is cut to size for government own benefits really disa
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Illicit liquors, cold blood murders, harassment of traders, informal settlement and the dark side of Eldoret

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The old adage goes that "every cloud has its own silver lining". Eldoret town and its environs is a perfect place for investment and also for settlement. It is growing robustly and its famously the capital city of North Rift.  However, Eldoret has its darker side. Eldoret and the estates surrounding are faced with numerous negative issues ranging from insecurity, harassment of small scale traders, cold blood murders, water shortages, growing of informal settlements, high rate of unemployment, criminal gangs, illicit brews, growing number of street families and so forth Just recently an athlete, Richard Tirop Kessio was murdered together with his friend and their bodies dumped along the Eldoret - Kaptagat road in a cold blood murder. The area legislator Hon Chepkut joined the residents of Ainabkoi to ask the government to speedily bring the perpetrators of heinous act to book and face justice. Apart from this scenario, there has been an outcry on growing number of unr
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Just what is Government shutdown happening in USA?

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The government shutdown in the United States is ongoing since January 20th 2018. It happened as a result of failure by President Donald Trump and Congress to pass appropriation legislation funding government operations and agencies  The shutdown affects some operations including military but not essential services. The employees are given unpaid leave in this period of government shutdown.  The shutdown has happened in every presidency in United States of America since President Ronald Reagan. 
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